līķis
See also: likis
Latvian
Līķis
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German lik (cf. Old Saxon līk, German Leiche), more specifically from the version of Baltic (Low) German spoken in Latvia in the 18th century, when the first recorded attestations occur. Previously, only its synonym mironis was used to express this meaning.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [līːcis]
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Noun
līķis m (2nd declension)
- dead body, corpse (the body of a dead person)
- bāls kā līķis ― pale as a corpse
- līķu balzamēšanā neviens nav varējis sacensties ar ēģiptiešiem ― (with respect to) embalming corpses, nobody has been able to compete with the (ancient) Egyptians
Declension
Declension of līķis (2nd declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | līķis | līķi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | līķi | līķus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | līķa | līķu |
| dative (datīvs) | līķim | līķiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | līķi | līķiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | līķī | līķos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | līķi | līķi |
Synonyms
- mironis
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “līķis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN